Under the new definition, hacks would have to steer clear of “any conversation related to sexual acts and sexual contact” and remarks about appearance, gender, sexual conduct or “desire to enter into any type of relationship with another person.”

But commissioners agreed to withdraw the proposed rule in order to fine tune it for next month’s meeting.

Opponents in the taxi industry argued there were too few sexual harassment or assault complaints to justify specific rules telling cabbies to keep creepy conversation to themselves.

They also feared that drivers would fall victim to false allegations.

Pedro Aguiar, president of the Coalition of Taxi Drivers, said the rules would be a “blank check to accusers,” even arguing that hacks would no longer assist pregnant passengers in labor.

Cira Angeles of the Livery Base Owners Association said there was already a broader anti-harassment rule in place that comes with a fine up to $1,000.

“Adding new language or definition does not significantly change what is considered unacceptable behavior,” she said, adding that “harassment is harassment.”

Those arguments were enough for the TLC to postpone a vote and tweak the language.

TLC Chair Meera Joshi told the Daily News after the hearing that the new definitions were pushed to address confusion during prosecutions of harassment complaints about what’s acceptable behavior.

“Aggressive flirting may not be considered harassment, but I think everybody agrees that that should be considered harassment,” Joshi said.

“We should focus in on what our goal was, to really — in more plain language — identify what we were concerned about and what we wanted drivers to be on notice for,” she said.

Michael O’Loughlin of Cab Riders United, a passenger advocacy group, said it was legitimate to craft the rule in the interest of fair enforcement, but ripped into opponents who questioned the need for a new sexual harassment rule.

“To say that there are not enough incidents of sexual harassment to justify the rule is absurd,” he said. “We should have zero and that should be 100% clear to everyone that it is not acceptable.”